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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is set to gather his aides at a Cabinet meeting next week to discuss the National Police’s controversial plan to set up a new anticorruption squad.

“It is only a proposal; we [the government] will discuss it at a [Cabinet] meeting next week,” Jokowi said on Thursday as quoted from kompas.com.

Proposed by National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian, the plan has caused concern among antigraft activists who fear it will bring additional tension to the deep-rooted rivalry between the police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has also signaled opposition to the plan.

However, the proposal has received full support from the House of Representatives that is currently running a political inquiry into the KPK, which many believe is an attempt to reduce the KPK’s power.